"Sweetie, please stop running around in the store?" (No response from child) "Honey, darling". (still no response from child) "Oh well, he is just a kid and I follow his lead, it's called, New Age Parenting."
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by David Kline May 14, 2004
Get the Parenting mug.A word parents use to describe to their kids so they can manipulate their kids. Usually parents that use this word are control freaks.
by YungHumor November 28, 2018
Get the Parenting mug.As with video games, joystick parents want to dictate and control every aspect of the children's lives. Hence the term ‘joystick’. However, there is very little joy to be had by children when they are parented in this manner.
Can also be high-schoolers, or even in some depressing cases, college students living at home.
Can also be high-schoolers, or even in some depressing cases, college students living at home.
Nate's parents use joystick parenting because they keep track of his bank records, ground him from his phone, listen to all his voicemails, check his e-mail, check his facebook messages, get copies of his work schedule, check his phone records to make sure he is working at those times, control where he is allowed to drive, and also control which girls he is allowed to date, or even allowed to talk to for that matter.
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by GARB13092 April 10, 2009
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Guy 1: John was kareeming towards Andy today!
Guy 2: Oh really! What did he do?
Guy 1: He kept following him and walking close to him and watching Andy and his girlfriend kiss!
Guy 2: Oh really! What did he do?
Guy 1: He kept following him and walking close to him and watching Andy and his girlfriend kiss!
by Tommym17 May 30, 2013
Get the Kareeming mug.Micro-parenting: Judgmental, intrusive and obnoxious involvement of non-custodial parties in child rearing.
The teacher was micro-parenting when she refused to allow the student to eat her packed snack because the teacher deemed it unhealthy.
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